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Collection Reference Number GLC08368
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Pardon of Calvin Beckwith
Date 5 July 1862
Author Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Document Type Government document; Legal document
Content Description With court marshaled for desertion and sentenced to a term in prison.
Subjects President  Court Martials and Courts of Inquiry  Law  Military Law  Government and Civics  Pardon  Union Forces  Desertion  Civil War  Military History  
People Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  Beckwith, Cavlin (fl. 1862)  
Theme The American Civil War; The Presidency; Law; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945